Defeat’s Gifts – Freedom and Relief

When your passions fail and facing defeat, you’re likely feeling a storm of emotions.  As hard as this place is to be in, it’s sacred, fertile soil in which healing and growth happen—despite ourselves and our circumstances.  Freedom and relief sprout as defeat’s first gifts. After having lost almost everything launching my motel business, I … Read more

Stop Trying to Make Sense of Where You Are Today

Stop Trying to Make Sense of Where You Are Today

If you’re like me, you may wake up some mornings with a sense of clarity from a decent night’s sleep. But then your brain starts trying to make sense of where you are today and how your life turned out. The good news is, we do not have make sense of where on your journey … Read more

Overcoming Loss & Defeat

A Simple Way to Challenge Self-Defeating Thoughts

Do you ever find yourself thinking about your present circumstances and judging them as not being good and before you know it, your anxiety kicks into action? This short article shares a simple way to challenge self-defeating thoughts. My anxiety tends to manifest itself in two ways:  It either worriedly looks for something that is … Read more

What To Do After Loss and Defeat

Remembering that things do indeed sometimes work out for me, even when I’m in the middle of loss and defeat, begins with doing the most simple every day tasks of living. Anthony made me promise to write down yesterday’s good news and call it a “win.”   It’ll serve as a reminder when I get … Read more